presentimiento

/pɾesentiˈmjento/ · B1 · noun · m

foreboding

🔮 pre + sentimiento = a feeling that comes before the event

From Latin prae (before) + sentire (to feel). English presentiment is the same word. Sentir means to feel, so a presentimiento is something you feel before it happens: a hunch or foreboding.

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